Test 1 Role of Pharmacist and OTC

Question 1

Roles for pharmacists in various healthcare settings

Answer 1

• “While responsibilities vary among the different areas of pharmacy practice, the bottom line is that pharmacists help patients get well.”
• Goal of pharmaceutical care: achieve positive outcomes from medication use which improves patients’ health / quality of life with minimum risk
• Distribute medications
• Produce, Procure, Prepare, Package, Patient
• Ensure appropriate medication use: the RD’s  right drug, right dose, right directions, right duration, right data
• Patient education
• Patient medication therapy management
• Collaborate with other health professionals
• Public health / administration of systems
• Establish and enforce regulations / legislations

Question 2

components of JCPP Patient Care Practice Model

Answer 2

• Collect
• Assess
• Plan
• Implement
• Follow up: monitor and evaluate

Question 3

components of QuEST Patient Assessment tools

Answer 3

• QUICKLY and accurately collect and assess information
• ESTABLISH that patient is candidate for selfcare
• SUGGEST appropriate self-care strategies
• TALK to the patient

Question 4

components of SCHOLAR Patient Assessment Tools

Answer 4

• Symptoms
• Characteristics
• History
• Onset
• Location
• Aggravating Factors
• Remittance Factors

Question 5

List the top selling categories of nonprescription products

Answer 5

• Cough / Cold
• Analgesics
• Heartburn

Question 6

What are the factors that impact patterns of OTC utilization?

Answer 6

• age
• gender
• cultural
• limited access to medical providers

Question 7

FDandC Act

Answer 7

• 1938
• Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
• FDA authority to oversee safety of FDandC

Question 8

Durham-Humphrey Amendment

Answer 8

• 1951

- “Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription.”

Question 9

Kefauver-Harris Amendment

Answer 9

• 1962

- drugs needed to be proves as effective and safe in order to get approved

Question 10

DESI

Answer 10

• Drug Efficacy Study Implementation
• began in 1960
• assures all drugs are safe and effective
• looked at drugs that were on the market before 1962
• developed ANDA: abbreviated new drug application

Question 11

OTC labeling standards

Answer 11

• started in 2005
• readable
• language standards
• size
• claims regulated by FDA, FTC, and manufacturer
• any violations -> fines, removal of product

Question 12

What are the components in self care?

Answer 12

• Self-diagnosis
• Self-medications
• Self-monitoring